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Newsweekly Tercentenary Edition History Section Where Early Settlers Of Original Petitioners Came History Chelmsford Came From From Woburn And Concord America's existence as a The granting of Chelmsford' s continent was unknown at the lands fol lowed custornary pro­ time of Olristopher COlumbus-­ ce•!l:re and need not be reviewed less than 200 years before except to say that land titles Chelmsford was settled. Sub­ in colonial days descended se(Jllent explorations revealed from the King to the several huge areas of uninhabited colonial governments in the lands, particularly in Mierica form of royal charters and and Africa, and the crowded from these governments for the people of E)lrope saw new hope most part to groups of indivi­ for life without poverty and duals who became known as the with greater freedom than they town proprietors; they in tum had even .known. The imagina­ gave out the land as they con­ tions of the a>anish, Dutch, sidered best to individuals English, French and other who would come and live in the nations were set aflame, and town and contribute to its each country· made large claims welfare. The town grants on the suddenly-quadrupled usually contained 6 square world which 1 ay waiting to be miles, with the understanding taken. The King of France that actual occupation and the granted to the Sieur de Monts ori:anization of a church would all the territory from Phila­ take place within a stated delphia to Montreal, for ex- time. Ordinarily, too the 1111ple, and de Monts with Olam­ General Court appointed a com­ pl ain spent three years mawing mittee to lay out or establish and exploring the New England the tract's boundaries. This coast. In 16 a;, Olempl ain dis­ was a difficult task and as covered the Merrimack River, there was considerable un ­ only 41 years before the certainty about the exact lo­ General O>urt of Massachusetts cation of other existing boun­ appointed Simon Willard and daries.the new lines frequer.t­ F..dward Johnson to explore that ~ibstotry CMomnittee-Front row, left to right, Mrs. Robert w. [larris, Miss Gertrude A. ly conflicted with them. river to its . source. o er s, rs. ~eorge A, Parkhu rs~; Jtanding, left to ri ~ht, Harold J , Davis, Frede r­ Surveying was less exact than The continuing development t.ck surne, chairman Howard D, Smith, Robert W. Barris, Lester w. Ball. it is today and bounds were of science, emphasizing ex­ set according to such imper­ periment and first-hand know- manent markers as a stake and 1 ege of things, was another stones, a tall tree, etc. factor in the colonial back­ In 1652, a group of Woburn ground. Instead of passively Ea rly Settlers Confronted By Indians and Concord men asked and re­ accepting Aristotle's anti­ ceived from the General O;,urt quated observations, men began of 01ai 7.1~. i:,urrpl,ins, Jeans, and velopPd to exple.in the origin permission to exp l o re some ·to look about for themselves. r.iere a.re el£:ments appl i cabl f' land west of the Concord river, Through telescopes they saw to our own time in the r el a­ ntter native vegeta b les nnd 0 f th,i worl t1 and their rel a­ tobacco. :torses we re u r: known; t ion to it. !he~ had no con­ presumably with a view to that their world was actually tionship of the col onj s t s and settling there. We know this one of several moving in the the Indians '"hlch are easily travel was ':Jy Cl:Utoe or on foot. ca;:,tion of ri~ht and v1r0n ,:; a::: lndivid:ially, the I,c' ians wera we lrn0w it, nor any clear idea only because· it is mentioned solar system and not the sta­ overlooked in the ~reat mass in another (1663) petition; tionary center of the universe of '.: 'lCtual m,,teri al or blottecl inclined to lack f ,-, r~slght and o f fut11re r e'kards 2nd i•unish­ to be l a. z.Y. ri o t especial. ly ments for earthly con lnct. The) the manuscript or a copy of it as they had thought. Micro­ ot1t by the ,;;t·rong f ealin g has not yet been found. The scopes revealed completely new !.!.rouse rt ;,y the s u!>jcct . clew, hut vf.in. When occ-s.s1011 un~erstood huw articl e s of ptrsonal property they ros­ 11,,-~ neti tion for a grant of worlds of things too tiny to be Before the coloni sts came, demanrled they were r ,~s e n e<i , sessed coul<I be inh~ri t PC:. from It 1s signed by 29 men from seen before. Even the familiar the Indians ha1 been undisr,t: '. cd dj gr.i aed, s ilent; at :10me they the two towns--the original objects of everyday experi­ masters of thei r lar,di:. Their we r e hos:1i t e. bl e, cnee rfu l, others, hut since the title to for.d of jokes and es,,ecially all land laJ in the cle.n or 1 652 g roup plus 'several ence repaid closer s tudy. cul t11re war. of the Sto,,e /,ge; others, t hat by the providence the,y were b:trbr,riu;s 1<ho priu:­ affectionate toward chi.ldren. tribe wt•ich s i 1n r·lY gave i :1di­ Finally man began to study vtduals the right to use the o f Godar~ now joined .. with him self and his ideas. He l ised agriculture on a small They were high strunll, v~r y· ,,ugi;estilJl e, quick to take of­ lancl,they coi;lrl not c:omprehE:nd us. ' They described themselves found, for example, that his scale but who still depended f e n se and to s eek r ~ve nge. t he :;e.le of lane as practis~d as in urgent n eed of land; heart was a pump, pushing nr. hur.tin5 for n large part of 'many of your .P etitioners are thl)ir foorl. Bow'l 1tnd 1:. rro11s, Good and t>acl i;p i ri ts conl d ~,e 1,) the colo:1ists. blood along a circulatory contro lled :,y prayers, off,ir­ Beca:.i;;e of their 3trang1, ,,ays destitute of accommodatii>ns sYStem, and his ann a lever in spears, trr.p::1, nt.>t s BJ'l c' J ines some never havin g had an; were their we apons; prifTlitivc ir:ss and cha.l"lls, tiiey be] ieved, £<.nd appearance, tl'e In<ii ans a complex muscular system. He and many r.:yths hi,.d been de- and sane others very little .. : even began to wonder about the tools :nade pos:;ibl e the rai sini,: Continued on Fourth Page and we cannot subsist, unless assumption that kings were we ... look out a way ( asGod Christ's regents on earth who may direct) f-0r our comforta­ could do no wrong and reQUi red ble subsistence .. .. • They their subjects' unquestioning asked for a speedy answer from obedience. the Co,urt because 'many of the A third factor which had Petitioners are in great nec­ much to do with the colonial essity, having no se ttled background was the organization place to abide in; and we in of great joint stock companies general being desirous to pro­ by lnerchant adventurers' who ceed together as one man to by purchases of s tock, fur: carry on that work the Lord nished financial support for shall cal 1 us to ... • ! thA Pd.ah l i shmPnt. nf colonies Within a few days, the Court on lands granted by the king. granted the request on condi­ This investment was to be paid tion that the petitioners pro­ back in goods from the Ne w vide e l sewhere in town as much world. In the case of th e tillable land for the Indians Massachusetts Bay O>mpany, its as their former 'planting affairs were to be man aged by ground' around Robin' s Hi 11 a governor, deputy governo r, contained, and that at least and council of assistants ~O famili es s hould be living elected annually by the com­ 1n the town within two years pany, empo wered to make suc h 'so t hat they may be in capa­ laws for the settlers as were c ity for enjoying all the or- not contrary to English law. dinances of God there .... • From this source came the It is perhaps difficult to skel eton plan for the colony's understand why there was so government, preserved in prin­ much urgency in the petition­ ciple in the cons ti tut ion and ers' request and why, indeed, O>nrnonweal th of Massachusetts there was any need at' a ll for as well as in the constitution a new town at this time. The of every other state and of great tide of Puri tan inunigra­ the federal government. tion had ended more than JO The fourth influence on the years before; there we r e al - early colonial movement was r eady some 64 town s in New religion. John WY c l i ffe had England--over half of them in translated the New Testament Massachusetts Bay. Further into English ( 1380) so that e xpans i on wou ld hardly s eem its teachings might be avail­ /'7'. "•J'/NJLE "ti' .A .VAi' I''I BLl.\'lfED 111 to have been necessary, while able to all.
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